A wee old women came in and said "I've a question. Why does page 7 in all the books I take out have the 7 underlined in pen? It seems odd.""What?" I say, thinking she might be a bit off her rocker. She showed me, and they did.

In 1947, over 3000 Canadian children took part in protests against an increase in the price of chocolate bars. When they marched on the British Columbia capitol building, government business was shut down for the day.

I'm crap with daily life, but with a crisis I'm epic. I had panic disorder. Do you know what that is? A state not of anxiety, but permanent physical terror. The adrenaline is haywire. You learn how to function, and act normal, in utter fear. Then you can cope with anything after.

To be absolutely clear: something like a truly autonomous car will be with us one day, and that’s great. Developing them is a moral imperative. But we should stop imagining they’re just a few years off.

When I was growing up the most famous people with depression were the icons it had killed. Cobain, Plath, Hemingway. It was so easy to feel like depression might be a death sentence. Which is why it is so brilliant so many famous – and LIVING – people talk about their depression.

Dear Amazon, I bought a toilet seat because I needed one. Necessity, not desire. I do not collect them. I am not a toilet seat addict. No matter how temptingly you email me, I'm not going to think, oh go on then, just one more toilet seat, I'll treat myself.

It started off as a way to see what Megan Markle was like & now I can't stop watching Suits- even though they say "DON'T YOU REALISE? I DID THIS FOR YOU!" every 3 minutes & they never change out of their boring suits. (Except once someone wore a hoody to show they were on drugs).